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OFFUTT HOUSING CO. v. SARPY COUNTY

No. 404.

351 U.S. 253 (1956)

OFFUTT HOUSING CO. v. COUNTY OF SARPY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 28, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Stern argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Charles S. Reed.

Dixon G. Adams and Orville Entenman argued the cause for respondents. With them on the brief was Clarence S. Beck, Attorney General of Nebraska.

Solicitor General Sobeloff, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rice, Hilbert P. Zarky and Edwin A. Goldstein filed a brief for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Jennings P. Felix filed a brief for Grant County, Washington, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought by petitioner against respondent county and its treasurer for a declaratory judgment that petitioner was not required to pay certain state and county "personal property" taxes and for an injunction against the levy of such taxes on that property. The controlling facts are not in dispute. Petitioner is a Nebraska corporation organized primarily to provide housing for rent or sale. On...

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